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Gary Kraus

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As Detective Pettibone in IFC Channel's "Documentary Now!" (episode 4 of season 1, 'The Eye Doesn't Lie').
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Married high school sweetheart, Suzi, during their junior year of college at The University of Akron, in their hometown of Akron, Ohio. Promoted to Los Angeles in April 1999 while working for The Guinness Import Company, Gary left the corporate world behind in May 2004 to pursue acting full-time. Gary and Suzi devote much of their spare time working on behalf of animals and have enjoyed the loving companionship of seven rescued stray cats over the years.
BornOctober 6, 1967
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      • 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in Documentary Now! (2015)
    Documentary Now!
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Detective Pettibone
    • Howie the Butcher
    • Larry Cooper
    • Regional Sales Manager Gus McMichaels
    Bill Hader in Barry (2018)
    Barry
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Chief Krauss
    Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in The Lost Bus (2025)
    The Lost Bus
    • Sheriff Thomas
    • 2025
    Side Quest (2025)
    Side Quest
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Duncan

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    Actor



    • The Lost Bus
      • Sheriff Thomas
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • Side Quest (2025)
      Side Quest
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Duncan
      • 2025
    • Cosmetic Criminals (2024)
      Cosmetic Criminals
      7.6
      Video
      • Detective Fleck
      • 2024
    • Bill Hader in Barry (2018)
      Barry
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Chief Krauss
      • 2018–2023
    • David Eigenberg, Hanako Greensmith, Taylor Kinney, Joe Minoso, Miranda Rae Mayo, and Jocelyn Hudon in Chicago Fire (2012)
      Chicago Fire
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Chief Girardi
      • 2023
    • Christmas Always Finds Its Way (2022)
      Christmas Always Finds Its Way
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Jim
      • 2022
    • Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in Documentary Now! (2015)
      Documentary Now!
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Howie the Butcher
      • Larry Cooper
      • Regional Sales Manager Gus McMichaels ...
      • 2015–2022
    • Kate Reinders, Adrian Lyles, Liamani Segura, Julia Lester, Larry Saperstein, Saylor Bell Curda, Matt Cornett, Mark St. Cyr, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Joe Serafini, and Dara Reneé in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
      High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Big Red's Dad
      • 2020
    • David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan, Vicki Lawrence, and Martin Mull in The Cool Kids (2018)
      The Cool Kids
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Roy
      • 2019
    • JD Pardo in Mayans M.C. (2018)
      Mayans M.C.
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Lenny
      • 2018
    • Dennis Haysbert, Kathryn Morris, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sarah Shahi, and Jessica Lu in Reverie (2018)
      Reverie
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Leekly
      • 2018
    • Travis Coles, Kimiko Glenn, and Liza Koshy in Liza on Demand (2018)
      Liza on Demand
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Cousin Paul
      • 2018
    • Kaitlin Olson, Carla Jimenez, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Thomas Barbusca, and Jack Stanton in The Mick (2017)
      The Mick
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Gary
      • 2018
    • Jay R. Ferguson in Living Biblically (2018)
      Living Biblically
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Rick
      • 2018
    • Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Justin Hartley, and Chrissy Metz in This Is Us (2016)
      This Is Us
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Gus
      • 2018
    • John Larroquette, Bobby Moynihan, and Jack Dylan Grazer in Me, Myself and I (2017)
      Me, Myself and I
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Uncle Ned
      • 2017

    Writer



    • Junior, Man, Junior! (2010)
      Raisin' Junior
      7.6
      TV Series
      • writer
      • co-writer
      • story
      • 2010–2012

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    SAG-AFTRA

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    Drama Highlights 1
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    Drama Highlights 2
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    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • October 6, 1967
      • Akron, Ohio, USA
    • Spouse
      • Suzi KrausJune 3, 1990 - present
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Articles

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      Prior to becoming an actor, won a week's trip for two to Hawaii on the FoxSports game show "Sports Geniuses" in February 2000. Had also been a winning contestant on "The Price is Right" while on vacation in Los Angeles during the summer of 1993.

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